Pauline
Junior Member
Hatchling Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cwmbran, S Wales
strange H coronatus behaviour?
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Three times now, I've seen
H coronatus 'regurgitate' food. The first couple of times I wasn't quite sure
what I saw... but last night I saw her do it again. She seems to do it when
I open her tub to spray (but not every time): she crouches down, flat on her
leave (or wherever she is) and moves her head (quite fast) side to side along
the leave very quickly, at the same time a brown liquid (I'm assuming food?)
comes out of her mouth---- so she leaves a soggy brown smear wherever she's
done it.
I'm wondering if anyone
else has seen this behaviour in H coronatus? Does it mean something? or maybe
she over-eats? I'm assuming it's not some 'illness' as she only seems to do
it when disturbed, and the first time I saw her do it was the day she arrived
with me 24 Feb.
Best wishes,
Pauline
KennethJ78
Junior Member
Hatchling Join Date: Oct 2005
Hey Pauline
I've noticed this "vomiting"
numerous times with several mantid species.
It mostly indicates that the mantis is suffering from some kind of fungal infection,
due to high humidity in combination with poor ventilation. Also providing the
mantids prey items that have recently been fed with wet food items ( for instance..
having fed your crickets with apple , tomato a few hours before feeding them
to your mantids ) can cause your mantis to regurgitate.
This is a serious problem
that can eventually kill your mantis.
The solution to this problem:
Make sure that the humidity level drops.
Better yet: increase the ventilation if that should be the problem.
Also try feeding them flies instead of cricket / small roaches...
Oh yeah... and keeping your
fingers crossed might help :?
Good luck !!
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